There were  two key developments on the high school basketball/recruiting front today…
First, Nike on Thursday announced its Elite Youth Basketball schedule for the summer. The top players will once again be invited to attend positional Skills Academy with Utah’s Deron Williams (point guards), Boston’s Paul Pierce (wings), Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant (wings) and Phoenix’s Amar’e [...]

The players for the Jordan Brand All-America Game were announced today. The game is slated for April 17 at Madison Square Garden.
2010 Jordan Brand All-American Team
Alphabetical Roster
East Team
Name Pos Hgt Wgt High School (School Location) College
Reggie Bullock G 6-6 190 Kinston High School (Kinston, NC) North Carolina
Kyrie Irving G 6-2 172 St. Patrick High School [...]

Grassroots basketball will undergo some major changes again this summer.
Reebok will not hold its annual Reebok All-American Camp in Philadelphia in July because of a “change in marketing strategy at the grassroots level,” said a source with direct knowledge.
“It just means that college coaches will have to work a little harder to see high-level talent [...]

The best high school basketball programs from across the United States and Canada will descend on New York City for the first annual New Heights Holiday Hoop Festival on Dec. 18-19.
 
Teams from Illinois, Canada, Connecticut, Massachusetts, DC, Pennsylvania and New Jersey will square off in this unique eight-team holiday tournament to be held at the [...]

Don’t forget to check out the New Heights Coaches Academy on Saturday at Poly Prep Country Day School if you have a chance.
Check In and Registration Begins at 11am
12-1pm
Buzz Williams, Head Coach, Marquette University
Directed MU to a 25-10 overall record in 2009, including a
school-record 12 Big East victories
‘Man to Man Defense’
1-2pm
Bobby Gonzalez, Head Coach, Seton [...]

Ohio State commit Jared Sullinger led Team USA 2010 with 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Americans downed Canada 85-83 Saturday in the adidas Nations title game in Dallas.
Josh Smith added 11 points and Jordan McRae and Justin Martin tallied 10 apiece.
Cory Joseph and Brady Heslip combined for 58 points for Canada, with Joseph [...]

The Summer In The City (SITC) event tips on Tuesday at St. John’s and some of the top 16U teams will be in action, including New Heights, Metro Hawks, the Panthers and Team Philly.

The 16U, 15U and 14U brackets run Tuesday and Wednesday and the 17U runs Thursday.
Speaking of New Heights, Jayvaughn Pinkston and company [...]

Ron Giplaye, a 6-6, 215-pound power forward from Notre Dame Prep, has verbally committed to Providence.
“Yeah, the reason I picked Providence is I like their system,” Giplaye said by phone. “I like the way they play up and down.”
Giplaye will join BABC teammate Gerard Coleman, who previously picked the Friars.
“I thought it would be good [...]

The July recruiting period begins this week and several high profile camps are taking place, including the LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, Ohio;  the Reebok All-American Camp in Philly; and the Hoop Group Elite Camp  in in Reading, Pa.
The Nike folks don’t release the LeBron roster until Monday, but here are some of the [...]

The rosters for the Deron Williams and Vince Carter Nike Skills Academies are out. The camps are taking place June 23-26.
The Paul Pierce and Amare Stoudemire academies begin June 28 and the LeBron James Skills Academy runs July 5-8 in Akron, Ohio.
DERON WILLIAM HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
11 Jamal Branch 6-3 163 75 ½ 2011 Atascocita/Humble, [...]